Joint Oireachtas group established to study Curtin caseThe Dáil and Seanad yesterday formally passed a motion establishing an Oireachtas committee of four TDs and three senators to…Fri Jun 04 2004 - 01:00
Rabbitte leaves the Chamber hopping mad after explosive battle with Ceann ComhairleDáil Sketch: The Minister for Agriculture usually has quite a sedating effect on the Opposition.Thu Jun 03 2004 - 01:00
Curtin solicitors to pursue action against StateThe Government has received a letter from solicitors to Judge Brian Curtin saying that they have been instructed to commence …Wed Jun 02 2004 - 01:00
Radar speed guns law 'impossible'Gardaí are forced to break the law instead of upholding it because of the Government's failure to enact appropriate road traffic…Wed Jun 02 2004 - 01:00
Justice Minister defends release of data to journalistThe Minister for Justice has staunchly defended his decision to release information to a journalist who had made a Freedom of…Wed Jun 02 2004 - 01:00
Greens seek details on decentralisation plansThe Green Party has called on the Government to announce the arrangements for decentralisation which it promised to publish by…Fri May 28 2004 - 01:00
Opposition support s Bill to compel judgeOpposition parties yesterday gave conditional support to legislation which aims to compel Judge Brian Curtin to appear before…Fri May 28 2004 - 01:00
Local election rules under fireThe Minister for the Environment has been accused of abusing his office by introducing regulations which the Fine Gael TD, Mr…Fri May 28 2004 - 01:00
Chimney Sweeps Act to get swept away this autumnSome of the 100 old laws to be repealed by the Government in the autumn date back to 1250, the Taoiseach told the Dáil.Thu May 27 2004 - 01:00
Break-up of Aer Rianta will happen, says AhernThe Taoiseach has insisted that the Government will go ahead with the break-up of Aer Rianta but will wait until full consultations…Thu May 27 2004 - 01:00
Minister rejects 'slush fund' remarkAn Independent TD has claimed that sports grants to three organisations in south Kerry last year were worth more than the allocation…Wed May 26 2004 - 01:00
Minister asked to rule out Abbey site optionThe Minister for the Arts, Mr O'Donoghue, should rule out "once and for all" the existing Abbey site as the location for the …Wed May 26 2004 - 01:00
New candidates, internal feuds and party rivalries to dominateCouncil area profile/Fingal: Throw in some bright new candidates, internal feuding, a left-right row, the battle of town and…Wed May 26 2004 - 01:00
Higgins urges Government to condemn abuseThe Government should have the courage to condemn the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US forces and not wait for the completion of…Fri May 21 2004 - 01:00
Labour TD concerned at sale of Balbriggan and Skerries harboursThe sale of two north Co Dublin harbours was a scandal which should be resisted because they would be bought for knock-down prices…Fri May 21 2004 - 01:00
O'Keeffe praises AIB exchange rateA former Fianna Fáil minister of State said that AIB offered the most competitive foreign exchange rates at the time it was overcharging…Thu May 20 2004 - 01:00
Civil servants in dark over relocation - FGCivil servants who do not wish to decentralise feel they are "being left high and dry" because they are getting no information…Thu May 20 2004 - 01:00
Taoiseach tells of steps planned for judge's caseA Government motion to establish a process that could lead to the removal of Judge Brian Curtin from office will be presented…Wed May 19 2004 - 01:00
Vagaries of disability care to State's shameIt should be to the eternal shame of 21st century Ireland that the parents of an intellectually disabled boy could only contemplate…Wed May 19 2004 - 01:00
Dempsey criticises education 'apartheid'The Minister for Education, Mr Dempsey, said it was "ironic" that 49 students, mainly from disadvantaged parts of Limerick, were…Wed May 19 2004 - 01:00
Smith denies there is a crisis in the Civil DefenceThe Minister for Defence, Mr Smith told the Dáil it was "patent nonsense" to suggest that there was a developing crisis in the…Wed May 19 2004 - 01:00
Junior ministers got over EUR450,000 expensesMinisters of State received almost €500,000 in expenses last year, according to figures released by Government Departments.Fri May 14 2004 - 01:00
McDowell defends May Day policingGarda video footage of clashes with protesters in Dublin on May Day will be used for future training of gardaí in similar situations…Fri May 14 2004 - 01:00
Flynn raises needs of disabled in MayoThe former Fianna Fáil TD, Ms Beverley Flynn, made her first contribution to the Dáil as an Independent TD when she raised the…Thu May 13 2004 - 01:00
Government committed to 'world's best' Disability BillThe Government is committed to producing a Disability Bill it believes is "better than anything else anywhere in the world", …Thu May 13 2004 - 01:00
Roads on heritage sites criticisedThe Taoiseach was urged to examine the membership of the National Roads Authority because of its apparent "unerring instinct …Wed May 12 2004 - 01:00
IRA's end 'will cause pain and need bravery'If there was ever going to be an end to the IRA there would have to be bravery and pain, the Taoiseach warned as he faced opposition…Wed May 12 2004 - 01:00
Cullen admits mistake on e-voting planThe Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr Cullen, has admitted he made a mistake in his handling of…Fri May 07 2004 - 01:00
McCreevy defends rules on tax residency statusThe Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, has "no intention" of changing Ireland's tax residency rules and he accused the Labour…Fri May 07 2004 - 01:00
Labour says health target claims by Martin 'fraudulent'Labour has accused the Minister for Health of making "fraudulent claims" that health strategy targets are being met, and of "…Wed May 05 2004 - 01:00
Prelate in moves to resolve hunger protestThe Archbishop of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, has become involved in efforts to persuade an abuse victim to give up his hunger…Fri Apr 30 2004 - 01:00
Absences noted as citizenship poll Bill passesGovernment Ministers were accused of behaving as if they were in a game of musical chairs in dealing with the passage of the …Fri Apr 30 2004 - 01:00
Rabbitte presses Ahern to take action on Cooper-FlynnThe Taoiseach has not seen the Supreme Court judgment on the libel appeal case of Fianna Fáil TD, Ms Beverley Cooper-Flynn, Mr…Thu Apr 29 2004 - 01:00
Labour urges McCreevy to stop 'hard man, hatchet approach'There will be a "revolution" if the Minister for Finance does not stop his "hard man, hatchet approach" to financial policy, …Thu Apr 29 2004 - 01:00
North progress ruled out for nowThe Taoiseach has effectively ruled out substantive progress in talks on the Northern peace process until late summer, because…Thu Apr 29 2004 - 01:00
Taoiseach challenges Higgins on May Day protestsThe Taoiseach challenged the Socialist Party TD, Mr Joe Higgins, to call on protest groups from the UK not to come to Ireland…Wed Apr 28 2004 - 01:00
Oireachtas 'may remove Curtin'The Government has asked Circuit Court Judge Brian Curtin for an explanation, by next Tuesday, of his apparent downloading of…Wed Apr 28 2004 - 01:00
No ramp for party's disabled delegatesFine Gael's spokesman on disability had to apologise to delegates who were unable to access the rostrum at the ardfheis, because…Mon Apr 26 2004 - 01:00
Call for reopening of rail lineReopening the Western Rail Corridor from Limerick to Sligo would cost €220 million, a fraction of the price of the LUAS, the …Mon Apr 26 2004 - 01:00
Call for health ombudsmanFine Gael would appoint an ombudsman for health if elected to Government, the party's ardfheis has been told.Mon Apr 26 2004 - 01:00
Higgins pours scorn on birth figuresThe Labour Party has questioned the Government's need to bring Ireland's citizenship laws in line with the rest of the EU when…Fri Apr 23 2004 - 01:00
Gormley insists 442 people 'does not represent a crisis'It would take a century to fill Lansdowne Road stadium with the people who were supposed to be causing the citizenship difficulties…Fri Apr 23 2004 - 01:00
Civil rights put at risk, says SFGreens and Sinn Fein: If the Government hoped to benefit its parties electorally through the citizenship referendum, it would…Thu Apr 22 2004 - 01:00
Postpone citizenship referendum, urges FGFine Gael: Fine Gael has called for the Government to postpone the referendum to restrict citizenship rights and refer it to…Thu Apr 22 2004 - 01:00
Minister defends poll against racism claimsRacists should vote No to the upcoming citizenship referendum because there is "nothing racist about this proposal", the Minister…Thu Apr 22 2004 - 01:00
Tributes to GAA star and theatre legendA minute's silence was observed in the Dáil yesterday in tribute to two Irish "legends", comedian Maureen Potter and Enda Colleran…Fri Apr 09 2004 - 01:00
Minister again critical of Opposition e-vote 'experts'The Minister for the Environment has criticised the Opposition for failing to look at electronic voting systems across the world…Fri Apr 09 2004 - 01:00
Minister rejects calls to ban sale and production of GM foodCalls for the Government to specifically ban the production and sale of genetically modified produce through legislation before…Thu Apr 08 2004 - 01:00
Minister intervenes in lung transplant caseThe Minister for Health Mr Martin has contacted his British counterpart about the dispute between two UK hospitals over whether…Thu Apr 08 2004 - 01:00
SF the 'mafia party' claims BrutonThe notion that the IRA could be "wished away or made to disappear with a magic wand waved by Sinn Féin" was "absurd", the party…Thu Apr 08 2004 - 01:00
